On Jan 31, 11:39 pm, Kenn Goodrow <[email protected]> wrote:
> Anyone have detailed instructions yet on how to configure this OTA
> synch? Am hesitant to use iCal synch as I work often away from laptop
> with iPhone only. But the OTA looks like my cup of tea.
I haven't done it myself but have some experience with similar work.
First you have to make sure that your network at home can be found
from the outside. If you have a static IP address then it's easy. Most
likely you won't have one unless you have a business connection.
So the way to go is to use Dynamic DNS. This function is built in
almost every router available. DDNS makes a relation between a
changing IP address and a (non-changing) domain name. You open a free
account with one of the DDNS providers. <http://www.dyndns.com/> is
supported in every router with this function but there are others as
well. You choose a domain name that suits you along with a username
and password.
Next you enter your data into the DDNS portion of your router.
Now whenever the IP address of your internet connection at home
changes your router forwards this IP address to the DDNS provider who
updates your domain-IP relation. That way your router at home can
alway be found through the domain name no matter what its external IP
address is.
Next you have to make sure that your home MAC can be talked to from
the outside. You do this with "ports". You have to tell your router
that when data arrives at your router with a specific destination port
this data gets routed through to a specific machine on your network
(your Mac running iCal). These settings can be found in your firewall
settings or rules settings on your router. You define the port number,
use one between 10000 and 65535 for some protection against port
scanning.
Lastly you enter the domain name you registered with the DDNS provider
and the port number you set in your router into your iCal sync
settings in "ToDo".
So now when you hit sync the iPhone/iPod checks with the the DDNS
provider to find out the current IP address of your router, arrives at
your home router which in turn sees the port number ToDo wants to use
and opens the connection to your Mac running iCal.
I have to say Appigo showed a lot of foresight in providing port
functionality for this.
You probably have to check the firewall settings on your Mac to accept
incoming traffic. Of yourse your Mac and iCal must be running for this
to work.
Hope this help - happy syncing (and please correct me if I forgot
something or made a mistake)
Bernhard
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